James elleman



UNITED' STATES PATENT', OFFICE.

JAMES ELLEMAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IIVPIIRVEMENT. ON SHOE-BUCKLES..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,345; dated October10, 1865.

use the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings,crini-ng'ilfart of this specification.

The object of .my inveinion is to provide a very simple and cheap bucklefor fasteningv slioes,.and Vfor other purposes, the same being madesubstantially as hereinafter described, and forming a new article ofmanufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is n. view. showing theapplication of `myinventionfto a gent'leinans boot. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the buckle with Ythe straps attached thereto; and Fig. 3 is alongitudinal central Section taken on the line x ai, Fig.l 2.

Similar letters ot` reference indicate corresponding parts. i

The buckle is made by striking orv cutting out of a sheet of metal a datpiece, a, having an y desirable shape or form suitable for a buckle orshoe-fastenin g. 'lhrough'this piece of metal, near each end thereof',there is punched or cut a slot, b, the direction 'of the length beingtransversely with the piece a.. rIhe said slots are to be madesufficiently long and wide to receive within them the strap c attachedto the llap ot' the boot. (See Fig. 1.) Two other slots, d d, are out orpunched through this piece of metal, like the others, transverselytherewith and near the center thereof, and sufficiently near together toleave but a bar or strip ot'v metal between. Through these is insertedthe strap e, which is lo secure the buckle tol the shoe or other articleby passing thestrap up .through one slot, ,over the bar, and downthrough the other. (See Fig. 3.) The buckle having been Vthus secured tothe strap, in order to fasten the shoe it is only necessary to insertthe end of the strap c up through oneoi' the slots, drawing taut uponthe same, and then passing it;

down through the other slot b, which will secure it iirinly, and the twoparts ofthe shoe or other article will Athen be buckled or fastened.securely together.

It will be noticed that little or no labor-1s necessary in making mybuckle, as it, with the several slots in it, may be struck or cut out ofa fiat piece of metal in any desired shape, or, indeed, a grent numbermay be cut out at the same time hyoneoperntion. Thus the expense .ofmanufacturing my buckle isflittl'e or nothingl` in comparison with allother buckles now in the market, and the parts to be united by them canbe as quickly and readily secured as with any other buckle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, asa new article ot' manufacture, is

A buckle or shoe -fastening made substantially as lherein shown anddescribed.

JAMES ELLEMAN.

lWitnesses:

RICHARD ARNOLD,

WILLIAM L. DUNBAR.

